Author: Emily Grant Nesbitt
Author: Emily Grant Nesbitt (1838–1924)
Biography: Emily Grant Nesbitt was born on 17 April 1838 in Honiton, Devon, the daughter of a prominent physician Pearce Rogers Nesbitt and his wife Arabella (née Smith). In the 1840s, the family moved for a time to Nassau in the Bahamas. She never married and turned to literature in middle age writing a few novels and religious works for children. Nesbitt also traveled widely in Europe. In 1876, she went out to Adelaide, Australia to keep house for her brother Dr. W. P. Nesbitt. According to an interview late in life, she cut an eccentric and notable figure: riding a tricycle about town, keeping an aged cockatoo as a pet, and knitting socks for the war effort. She died on 10 August 1924 in Adelaide. Note: authorship confirmed through the dedications.
References: Adelaide News (13 August 1923, 12 August 1924); British Census (1851, 1861); Burke
Fiction Titles:
- Little Archie's Catechism. 1 vol. London: Hatchards, 1865.
- The Story of the Hamiltons: or, The Two Sisters. 1 vol. London: Cassell, 1869.
- My Brides: A Novel. 1 vol. London: T. C. Newby, 1869.
- The Squires of Brudenell: An Autobiography. 2 vol. London: T. C. Newby, 1870.